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Hot Hits
A Chorus Line
Signature TheatreThru Jan. 4, 2020 This non-stop showcase with one of the largest casts in Signature history is the one singular sensation for the holiday season.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
StrathmoreDec. 17 – 19 Join Maria-Clara and the Nutcracker Prince as they set off for a magical adventure…in modern day New York City.
Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars
StrathmoreFri. Jan 31, 2020 Devoted to promoting the complete story of Cuban music.
NSO Pops: Game ON!
The Kennedy CenterWed. Jan 8, 2020 Mesmerizing celebration of symphonic video game music in its world premiere.
A Motown Christmas
Signature TheatreThru Dec. 21 The holidays get a smooth new groove when delivered motown style in a fun, upbeat and soulful yuletide treat.
Becoming Jane
National GeographicThru Jun. 1, 2020 Explore Dr. Goodall’s early years through iconic images and a multiscreen experience and venture on a 3D exploration of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park where she did her famous behavioral research on chimps.
Manual Cinema: No Blue Memories, The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
StrathmoreFri. Jan 24, 2020 Manual Cinema tells her story through shadow puppetry, silhouetted actors, and live music.
Maz Jobrani
The Kennedy CenterFri. Jan 31, 2020 Iranian American comedian and actor Maz Jobrani returns to the Kennedy Center.
Come From Away
The Kennedy CenterThru Jan. 5, 2020 Takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them.
My Fair Lady
The Kennedy CenterDec. 17, 2019 – Jan. 19, 2020 From Lincoln Center Theater comes “a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment Weekly)
Step Afrika! Step Xplosion
StrathmoreSun. Jan 12, 2020 Tracing step’s roots to the African American percussive traditions of patting juba, hambone, ring shout, and tap.
Washington Performing Arts: Kian Soltani
The Kennedy CenterWed. Jan 22, 2020 He joins acclaimed pianist Julio Elizalde for a program that ranges from Beethoven’s spirited fifth cello sonata to Arvo Pärt’s mesmerizing Fratres.
Spotlights
A Christmas Carol
Ford's TheatreThru Jan. 1, 2020
The Second City's Love, Factually
The Kennedy CenterThru Dec. 29
Washington Performing Arts: Kinan Azmeh CityBand
Sixth & ISat. Feb 8, 2020
Live Dangerously
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jan. 20, 2020
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
National ArchivesThru Jan. 3, 2021
Washington Performing Arts: MLK Tribute Concert
The Kennedy CenterSun. Jan 26, 2020
National Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah
StrathmoreDec. 21 – 22
NSO Pops: A Holiday Pops! with Leslie Odom, Jr.
The Kennedy Center
Washington Performing Arts: Melissa Aldana
Sixth & ISat. Feb 15, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Midori & Thibaudet
StrathmoreSat. Jan 25, 2020
NSO: Handel's Messiah
The Kennedy CenterDec. 19 – 22
Judy Chicago—The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jan. 20, 2020
